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Fiscal cliff talks a boon for year-end giving?
The end of the year is when most people do ...
14 years ago
Nonprofits seek $6 million to help the hungry in Pa.
More than 800 food banks, homeless shelters, and other groups have sent a letter to Gov. Tom Corbett to press for help for Pennsylvania ...
14 years ago
Critics say Pennsylvania’s new Megan’s Law is too tough
Pennsylvania’s new tougher Megan’s Law requires convicted sex offenders to stay on the public registry longer. It also means ...
14 years ago
Need for national gun database again exposed by Newtown shootings
Legislation passed after the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting was supposed to ensure that anyone with a record of severe mental illness couldn ...
14 years ago
Coastal flood advisory in S. Jersey, Phila. and Del.
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J., has issued a coastal flood advisory to be in effect from 9 p.m. tonight to 4 a.m. ...
14 years ago
Don’t rush the same old rules through Harrisburg, Common Cause urges
New Year’s Day also will be inauguration day for members of the Pennsylvania Legislature. For a change, the watchdog group Common C ...
14 years ago
As a strong winter storm system shifts to the easten part of the country today, Delaware’s Dept. of Transportation says it’s ...
14 years ago
What was the best gift given or received this year?
This time of year is traditonally for giving and for receiving — and for that reason, it’s often a time of extreme joy and sore d ...
14 years ago
Sandy-battered Shore sands provide weakened defense vs. flooding
The windy storm pelting the Jersey Shore right now poses more of a flood threat than it normally might. Why? Hurricane Sandy weaken ...
14 years ago
Lights, camera … action? N.J. Statehouse gets new studio
The New Jersey Statehouse is getting its own television studio. The studio on the second floor of the Statehouse will be used most ...
14 years ago
Pa. deadline for senior tax, rent rebate applications nears
Pennsylvania’s seniors and disabled residents are nearing a deadline to apply for property tax and rent rebates. Application ...
14 years ago
Tips for a memorable Mummer’s Day
Philadelphia visitor’s blog Uwishunu has published a ...
14 years ago
Police search for Germantown grocery store robber
Philadelphia police are searching for an unidentified man caught on tape robbing an East Germantown corner store last Thursday. At ...
14 years ago
S. Philly gun dealer says assault weapons selling briskly
In the wake of the elementary school shootings in Connecticut, gun sales remain up. The renewed talk about gun control meant brisk holida ...
14 years ago
Sussex Co., Del., train derailment forces home evacuation
Police, firefighters and other officials are on the scene of a train derailment in a sparsely populated area of Sussex County, Del., ...
14 years ago